 Hi everybody, are we live and ready to go? I think so. Yes, it looks like we are for a couple minutes early here But I wanted to come on to make sure there weren't any technical issues. I promised you guys I'd be coming on at noon, so I didn't want to not come on and Mess up the time I do have a series of Questions that I have saved that people have wanted me to answer the past couple months It's been a while since we've done our live for sure. So I need to get on and make this a regular thing I'm going to comment in our chat box here just to open up the comments you guys can type in the chat anytime if you have any questions any Dental issues you want to talk about if you're a dental hygiene or dental assisting student I am here to help answer any questions that you may have so just let me know I am absolutely here to do that for you our last live stream was a while ago And yes, this is being recorded for those of you who are wondering this is being recorded So you will be able to watch this after the fact as well. Let's see guys. What time is it? It's 11 51 We still have a couple moments until noon, but I'm just going to get right into it because we have about a half an Hour I want to make sure to answer everybody's questions and this way if there was anything else you guys wanted to ask or anything I will be here for you. I'm just opening up my notes from questions that people did have The past couple months. I do get a lot of the same questions for sure So I write them down any Emails that I get when people have questions that tells me if somebody's asking the questions Somebody else might have the same question. So I make sure to write it down. So everybody's good. And yes, you guys that would be super cool I see some likes Feel free to like this if you like the live stream I Was going to say if you're watching the recording Like this if this is of use to you because that helps me know if I should be doing this more often So what I wanted to point out as well if you guys do not know I do have this and all of my Descriptions on any of the Facebook or I'm sorry not Facebook any of the YouTube videos But there is a Facebook group as well. So if you're watching the videos here on YouTube you want a way to get in touch with me you want a way to Watch more videos or kind of communicate see what's happening I do have a Facebook group as well. So it's called the dental L network if you're not a part of it come on in This is for anybody. So this is for anybody who has any Dental questions or you want to learn more about dental you might be a dental hygiene or dental assisting student You might be a dental professional who wants to learn more, but I have linked the group up in our comments It's called dental L network on Facebook. There is a private group though for members only So there's another group called members of dental L tutoring that Facebook group is for board exam prep academy students So if you're studying to take the board exam and you're a dental hygiene or dental assisting student And you've signed up for the board exam prep academy We actually have our own Private group on Facebook where we meet it's for members only who signed up for the board exam prep academy we meet And we talk about all things board exams so mock exams case studies There's different topics all of that but that is for members only So if you're trying to join the members only Facebook group You won't be able to unless I see that you've signed up for the board exam prep academy courses because I try to keep that community Not small necessarily but manageable for me So that way I can answer their questions first Take care of them first because they are after all members of dental L So there's two different Facebook groups, but the one I just linked the dental L network Is in the chat comments I should have asked can you guys hear me okay because I kind of set up a new microphone I'm actually going to see if I can find myself live right now I'm doing it from my Facebook or I'm sorry from my cell phone here Because sometimes I find the microphone doesn't work right away and it didn't let me test it I might even ask you guys can you guys hear me? I'm gonna ask in the chat So I'm just gonna Because I should be live Yes, it says I am let me just double check guys one sec I'm on my youtube channel right now, but it's telling me to fill out a survey. Okay good You can't hear me. Sorry. Okay. I just wanted to check and make sure because I do have a new microphone, but sometimes Or like anytime I don't look it up. It doesn't work and the mic is coming from the webcam But it's really hard to hear me. So I wanted to make sure so never mind. We are good to go Okay, so that was a question that people had was you know, you you want to learn more where can I go? So the dental L network on facebook will help you because that's where Like millions of videos. I want to make sure it's quality content But you will see videos at least mondays and thursdays. Okay, so definitely Make sure to like the videos that does help me on my channel If you subscribe to my channel, it will tell you when a new video comes So that's pretty cool too. So if you're always waiting for new videos And if you guys haven't yet, definitely pop over to my website You will see all of the courses that I do have I have courses to help students I have courses to help dental Dental professionals. I have courses to start your own T pointing business I have courses to start your own dental hygiene practice. You name it. I have a course for it If it's about dental obviously and I have done it. So let me help you guys. Okay, and I see a question Um, oh, that's a good question, but I don't know Who's saying sorry if I'm pronouncing your name incorrectly Is saying at the fifth stage of dental school. So I need your recommendations to improve my skills What does your fifth stage mean? Are you referring to your like clinical? Skills your like textbooks study skills But I can't help to answer that in a more general way as well So basically I know it sounds silly, but the best way to improve your skills is practice makes perfect When I first started my practice When I first even just became a dental assistant or or a dental hygienist Um, you learn on site. So you learn when you are actually in the office doing it You will get better You will improve if you do have somebody who is able to mentor you even better But you don't always have that option. So you just literally have to go Um And do it do the best you can but don't be hard on yourself either You're not going to be perfect. You can't expect perfection Anytime you've learned to do anything The first time you're not going to be perfect right with anything in life If you're learning how to ride a bike if you're learning how to Read if you're learning how to do this thing that thing You're not going to be perfect right away in school. They teach you the skills to be passable So they teach you skills. So you're not going to hurt people obviously, right? But they don't teach you how to be perfect that does come later. So don't be hard on yourself Practice makes perfect and definitely utilize your school. So utilize your instructors A lot of people don't talk about that but ask for help have them help you Extra after school if they're not charging for have them help you When they have time don't be afraid to ask the questions because I find a lot of students in any course that I teach Whether it be the board exam prep academy course, whether it be how to start their own Teeth whitening business Whether it be anything people ask me so How do I get perfect? You know, how do I? How can I do better at this and I'm not seeing anybody in person? This is all online So definitely go to your instructors to ask them for help because but I do say practice makes perfect So I hope that that helps you but Utilize your school utilize your instructors for sure And that actually brings me to my next question that a lot of people have been asking me Is How do you start your own teeth whitening business? So a lot that's kind of a two-part question and I feel like I talk about this a lot on my facebook Sorry, I keep saying facebook on my youtube lives So I've talked about this before so i'm not going to go into it too much If you want more info you can definitely go to my facebook group that I do have For people who want to start their own teeth whitening business. I'm just going to get the link for you guys right now But the first step is finding out if it's legal in your area to start a teeth whitening business Quite often you don't have to be a dental professional So i'm just going to leave you guys a link down here for a second In case you guys are looking at the comments and want to just kind of jump into that right away So you have to check if it's legal for you to start your own teeth whitening business in your area It doesn't matter in most cases if you're a dental professional or not Because teeth whitening is non What's the term non regulated so Basically anybody can do it, but the key is though you can only use certain peroxides depending on your location For example, i'm a dental professional so I can use the Strongest peroxides, but non dental professionals cannot there's a certain level of peroxides You're allowed to use but in the teeth whitening course that I teach that I left a link for you guys the whitening pro academy I teach you guys all of that whether you're a dental professional or not There's certain peroxides you can use so I teach you guys how to do that because believe it or not A lot of people can just open up their own teeth whitening business But the thing is if you don't know what you're doing, you're not going to do very well You're not going to get clients you spend the money on the teeth whitening supplies and equipment But then nobody comes to you because you don't really know what you're doing You should be certified you should be certified by a dental professional Not just a pop-up shop Teeth whitening business who has decided to start their own teeth whitening business and now they want to train So please be careful with that. There are a lot of learn how to do teeth whitening in two hours No, do not sign up for those because what ends up happening is those Those actual students come to me and they go so I signed up for this teeth whitening course It was like $200. It was two hours But I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do next. They gave me the supplies equipment They showed us once how to do it, but I'm scared to do it like I don't know what to do So they come to me and then they have to sign up for my course When you if you just sign up for my course in the first place, you're going to have full support there is 32 hours of Stuff that I teach you and I teach you how to have a successful A teeth whitening business. So that's the key anybody can have one But if you don't know the little things about taxes Expenses this income things you're able to write up opening up a business account You're going to become lost. So that is something very important too But I didn't want to talk about that too much unless of course somebody here has questions Let me know but there's lots of videos that I have on YouTube just do a search for teeth whitening and you'll find tons because that's a very common question And yes, so somebody's asking me hello is becoming a dental hygienist worth it Yes, I have a lot of videos about this too because now I find like dental hygienists that I know are telling people no don't become a dental hygienist It is not worth it. You can't work anywhere. Well, I just agree Yes becoming a dental hygienist is worth it, but I'm not going to lie to you guys either. It's very hard It was the hardest program I have ever taken Um, I almost quit so many times because I had very difficult instructors who were very mean for lack of a better word They didn't make my life easy I took the program twice Not because I failed the first time but because my first program my first school went bankrupt Yeah, that can happen. I know who knew not me So I took it twice. It was extremely difficult I almost quit so many times But you guys I wouldn't be where I Am today if I didn't become a dental hygienist. I now have a mobile dental hygiene practice I couldn't have done that without becoming a dental hygienist And why did I want to open up my own dental hygiene mobile practice because I love it so much I love seeing patients. I love cleaning teeth as silly as that sounds But I didn't want to work for the man. Okay, I wanted to work for myself And it was the best decision ever. So yes dental hygiene is absolutely worth it. I even have um aspiring dental assistants asked me and say Um dental assisting is a long program. Is it worth it? I say yes, absolutely But you know what you guys it's not for everybody It's not you have to like teeth you have to like people You have to like patients. You have to be okay with seeing many different patients It's a very hard skill to learn a dental assisting is different than dental hygiene dental assisting is when you're working with The dentist so you're not typically alone. You're you're working with a dentist You are like setting up the rooms cleaning up the rooms passing them instruments um Seeing the patient for seeing the seeing the patient last booking appointments treatment plans It's a lot dental hygiene. You're working by yourself Seeing patients cleaning teeth and then at the end you let the dentist know that it's time for a check. So that's just saying it very Basic like in the in the in the most basic of senses, right? But so you either want to become a dental assistant to work with a dentist or a dental hygienist Typically a dental hygienist makes more but it's not all about the money Maybe you would want to be a dental assistant, but not a dental hygienist um And I was a dental assistant first. So I was actually I started the dental profession when I was 19 So I was a dental receptionist then a dental assistant. I became a dental hygienist I became a restorative hygienist I want to say four or five years after that and now I have my own mobile dental hygiene practice So I've done it all okay. So I hope that that answers your question. Yes. It is absolutely worth it It just might not be for everybody So something to think about I know it was very hard to take my program twice Of course, I did want to do it, but I knew I had to to become a dental hygienist Let's see. So another question here Do you have any case study based quizzes or tests that I can buy on top of the board exam prep for dental hygiene? I have the express but feel that my struggle is in the case study based questions. Oh, yes So the express is more for an overall Review, so it kind of condenses everything But yes, I do have other mock exam packages for you If you want to email me, I'm going to leave my email here for you If you don't mind emailing me just so I don't forget Because sometimes it might be more cost effective for you to upgrade to the board exam prep academy Or if you're just looking for Mock exams, then yes, I can actually get that for you now if you like Um, so you guys I'm just checking in fact they might not even be available On the main page. Let's see here No, they're not because therefore Those who have signed up for the express only but if you wanted something extra So I'm actually just checking that for you now So you guys bear with me, but feel free to write your questions in the chat if you like I'm just grabbing something Let's see here So yes, there's a separate package. It's 65 dollars and this can be for anybody These are mock exams and case studies as well. So um And you do have access to this depending on when you signed up if you go into the 2022 2021 and 2020 session recordings You will have that through our members only group on facebook If you do a search for those ones and then click that link And then open that you will see many different mock exams that I actually go through with you in our live classes So check that out But I'm going to give you another link as well. I'm just going to put it in the chat box here So these are mock exam practice and case studies that are available for purchase if you want to So there are about 65 dollars and there's always new ones being added as well So there's always something so I hope that helped if you have any more questions though about that Please just let me know Because yes, you do have a lot in the in the express package Make sure to join if you haven't already Our members only group on facebook because that's where you actually get a lot more So I want to make sure you are in facebook because that's where you get like the new um mock exams Um viviana, I'm trying to think you had joined not too long ago, right? So it's nice to have you. Hello But yes, make sure to join the members only group on facebook for sure because you will find more there So I hope that helps but let me know Um, sorry guys, just double checking the questions. Hello Um, let's see A question here is how to make my instructors provide accommodation for me and clinic They don't oh, they don't respond to my accommodation letter. So that's different you guys for every School, but it sounds like you have to write a letter Where is the the letter going and why are they not responding? So I would more say um I would more just go to who you need to go to either talk to your instructors Talk to the program director and say I wrote this accommodation letter, but nobody's responding. How can I get extra help? So that's what I would do Um, and let me know like is that should help. I think just maybe it's not going to the right people So maybe they don't realize you need extra help Um, so definitely try those things Um, and that's tricky. So a question here is are there any retainers or invisiline? That can move your um job forward and inline a few millimeters or Do you need ortho? So basically that's hard for me to say Because I'm not a orthodontist. So it does depend on your current condition But just so you know any retainer or invisiline can't move anything forward or back um It can't move anything forward or back. Those are mainly for moving the teeth So if a tooth or teeth is slightly tipped or rotated that can help but to actually move The job forward you're going to need something else But it might not be full ortho. There are different appliances to do that But it depends on your age and it depends on what the teeth look like currently So that's actually a good question But I suggest reaching out to your dentist who will then refer you to a orthodontic specialist They're the ones that that like deal with the appliances The um retainers anything to help with that. So it does depend on your case And since I'm not seeing you in person It's just hard for me to answer that and you might not even need that Like it's hard to say or you might need a lot more than what you think So it's good to always check with them, but that's actually a very good question. So welcome to my channel You can ask questions at any time Um Viviana, let's see here I see from your file because I did just quickly look you up. I only have you under the express So I don't see anything else purchased um, and yes, so for the case studies for sure and it's nice to hear though that your Friend had recommended you that is very exciting. Thank you. But um, yes, I can I completely understand um case studies and mock exams are where it's at for sure And we typically talk about those in our live classes and our session recordings because I found if I just um If I had just given those out then a lot of students kind of have questions They want to talk about the answers the nice thing In the package that I had pinned the mock exam practice is it's going to tell you what the answers are It tells you right away if you got the answer right or wrong um But email me though because I might have something for you like double check I know you're in the express package, but I just want to make sure you're looking in the right spot for the case studies So, okay, good. Perfect. So in the facebook group Even if you do a search for like case studies, you will see new things come up So try that first and then just let me know because yes, I am very happy to help sometimes You just need things explained in a certain way and it makes so much more sense. Absolutely Um, does anybody else have any questions? I'm just kind of going through my list of questions that people have. Let's see There we go See so I talked about the teeth winding right you guys because I have a lot of questions Oh, that is actually another question. Actually, yes Where people have been asking what is the difference between the express course and the board exam prep academy So you guys will see that on my main website, which I had linked for you guys down below I can copy that again for you. So yes, there are differences I do have a separate course for canada and then a separate course for the us So for the express course Um board exam prep that I have a separate one for canada and I have a separate course for the us For the board exam prep academy. I have a separate one for canada and then a separate course for the us So the express is mainly something where you're taking the board exam soon Okay, so it could be next month. It could be a couple weeks It could be in two or three months But you feel like you have done all the studying you could but you just want to make sure like you need an overall Review on all the topics Then I suggest signing up for the express course because that is a more condensed course Of the board exam prep academy So I kind of give you a condensed course of all of the topics that you have to know for the board exam So as an example for anatomy in the board exam prep academy, you might have Penn anatomy teaching Videos and power points But in the express course you might have two of them because it's more condensed Of like really what you need to know So you don't have enough time to study everything But you want to make sure you're on the right track I thought a lot of people who take the express course They email me and say I thought I knew more than I did But I don't can I upgrade to the board exam prep academy because I need more and that is completely fine So you don't have to pay for the courses twice You just send me an email and then I can upgrade for you because the board exam prep academy that is a full course So it's basically you get full tutoring for two years Okay, typically people don't sign up for it that soon But if you were still in school, let's say and wanted to sign up for it You could I'm not going to take away your access Um, just because you're still in school and you want to get a head start, right? So you have full access to everything for much longer and you have all the power points Um per topic and you have teaching videos for three years or sorry for the last three years so If you have just signed up and we are doing anatomy in three weeks But you want to learn about anatomy now you can go up to our session Recordings and then see my anatomy videos from like 2020 2021 and 2022 this year So you have more access to more things if that makes sense Um, it just kind of gives you more but yes, absolutely It makes more sense to sign up for the express if you're taking the the board exam soon because the board exam prep academy has a lot Um, I have had students go through everything in two months, but they're like on a mission They're like studying things every day I tell people if you have six months to study or more Then the board exam prep academy is better for you because there's just simply more in it More mock exams case studies all of that. So you're not wrong to sign up for either one It's just sometimes you might need the full Sam prep academy or you might not need that much. So that's why I did offer two different courses um And that's actually a relatively new thing where I had students coming to me I think I've only had that for the past couple years Where I had students coming to me saying like I'm taking the board exam next month But your board exam prep academy looks overwhelming. There's too much in there. Do you have something smaller and more condensed? Um, so that's why I came up with that. So you're not wrong either way So I hope that helps for those of you who did have that question I kind of left a note for myself to make sure to talk about it Um, does anybody else have any questions for me? I do need to come on live more often for sure It's just something easily forgotten. So I'm sorry, but absolutely you guys I do still upload videos every Tuesdays and Thursdays If there's ever a video that you want me to talk about then absolutely just comment On a video or you know email me. Let me know and I'm more than happy to do that Typically I do my videos a couple weeks in advance So you would likely see the video that you want the month after that unless I feel It's an amazing topic then I'm going to kind of bump that up And possibly do the video for next week and then bump other videos for next month So I have done that as an example. I just uploaded a video yesterday where I don't have it with me But I purchased that um dental cleaning kit on amazon and I did the the unboxing for that and I'm talking about it How it's crazy. It's intense. It's scary and it can hurt people like it can hurt people's teeth So that one I just did the video actually yesterday But a lot of people were asking me about it because for amazon prime It was on sale and I find it very very dangerous and it can hurt people I'm shocked that they sell it So I wanted to publish that video right away And I had bumped the other video that I had for like yesterday for like next month So I do do that sometimes, but you guys can also email me anytime I gave you the link to my facebook group So if you have any questions go right ahead and this live stream is being recorded as well Those are all of the questions and notes that I had wrote down Um, but let me know you guys if there's any other questions at all We still have a couple more moments I try to keep it to half an hour 35 minutes because I I will be coming back online sooner rather than later I need to do this more often Um Viviana, I don't think you have access to those mock exam questions When you click the link does that look familiar to you because these are all new ones So these are new mock exam practice tests that I added after the fact But admittedly though some questions might overlap Simply because you will need to know them for the board exam But not the exact question, but they might be similar If you click on the link that I have given you you will actually see A preview of the topics that I have been there right now You're taking the board exam in september right because I am adding more mock exam questions within the next couple weeks But at least it's still only july and I am more than happy to add more case studies So that's what I tell Members also is if there's something you don't see and you want to know more of like I just had a student the other day say Can you talk about? I think it was ethics. Um, sorry. I shouldn't say the other day I should say last month a student said to me like I know you talk about ethics But I don't understand this this in this part. Can you talk about ethics more because I'm confused So I said yes absolutely So it took me about a week to get a new um teaching video on ethics But then I had uploaded that into the facebook group because somebody asked me to that's another nice thing about being a member is You know, I know I can't see you see you guys in person But I I'd like you guys to think of me as your instructor in school in a sense Where if you have questions if you need extra help you can come to me and then I say okay, so you need more help I'm just going to say anatomy Again, you don't understand the bones of the skull. So I'm going to talk about it In another video and explain it more so as so again if you want more case studies I am absolutely happy to do that for you and you're taking the exam in september. So that's perfect So I will do that over the next couple weeks to get some more case studies questions for you too Um, but yes to answer your question the mock exam practice tests If you click on it like you can see the different topics that are there for you It is a mix though of case studies and mock exam questions for sure because you definitely do need a variety Um, but I can add more case studies is what I'm trying to say So please let me know though if you need anything because that's the point of being a member is you have full access If you need something I am here to do it for you because this is what I do full time I teach and tutor full time plus I have my own dental hygiene practice But even that is more part time. I teach and tutor full time. This is what I like to do So not that I don't like seeing patients. Of course. I like seeing patients. I love to but that's more part time So because working from home is a lot easier than being out and seeing patients in their own home So I can devote more time to this online So let me know Okay, you guys well if there's no other questions we can stop this for now But if you do have anything else, let me know now and that I'm happy to answer them for you Otherwise we will stop this now and I'll probably do another live you guys next month Okay, so I need to get to the habit of doing it once a month. So that's what I have to do Um Jw you're talking about bone regeneration Um, what does lanap mean here in Ontario? We use different terms. Um, so what does lanap mean? Um, but just to talk about the bone coming back. So basically you can't just bring the bone back naturally Um, if the bone has been lost for some reason due to perio Whatever, it's not just going to come back but perio can be maintained But the bone is lost forever. So that's why we talk about that so many times with patients Is you know, do everything properly because once you lose the bone you can't bring it back unless you have surgery Where we take the bone from somewhere else and put it in the mouth where it needs to go But that's very intense very expensive and we only do that in extreme cases as you can imagine why Um, but let me know though what lanap means and I can kind of help you with that because there's many other ways That depending on the dentist you talk to um You can do things to bring back the bone, but unless I'm wrong here. There's nothing that's scientifically proven. So um You really can't you really can't Um laser see and I don't know too much about laser admittedly. I don't use it myself Um, but I have not heard that that can bring the bone back But again, I don't use it myself. So I'm sorry that might not be A question that I can answer for you because I don't want to give you the wrong answer That would be amazing if that would work Um, that would be awesome But I just don't know too much about it unfortunately just because I don't use it myself And I typically only talk about things that I've done or that I personally know just so I don't give you guys the wrong So I am sorry about that That would be amazing. I'm kind of curious that would be are you kidding? That would be fantastic Okay, you guys all if there's no other questions. Thank you guys for coming on like this video That would be super awesome that does help me in my channel And if you're interested, I do have new videos Mondays and Thursdays come on down. Have a look There's always something new and exciting that I'm talking about Okay, you guys. Well, thank you for coming on live. I will talk to you guys all very soon I need to start doing these lives once a month. You guys remind me comment and tell me Andrea Don't forget to do a live because obviously it does help. So you guys have Great day. Enjoy the weather. I hope you guys have nice weather and I'll talk to everybody soon. Okay. Bye for now